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Cryptocurrency hacks and fraud are on track for a record number of incidents in 2021, data shows

$19.2 billion has been stolen through breaches and fraud in the last 10 years, said Crypto Head in …

Carla Mozée   


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The hacker behind the biggest heist in crypto is now refusing to return the remaining funds

The USDT account the attacker is referring to has $33 million in stablecoins. Tether has fro…

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Poly Network hacker rewarded with a $500,000 'bug bounty' for helping the DeFi platform improve security

Poly Network said it hopes the hacker will contribute to the blockchain sector's development upon a…

Isabelle Lee   


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Hackers have returned $342 million to Poly Network after they saying the massive crypto heist was done 'for fun'

There is $268 million worth of ether that has yet to be returned to Poly Network as of Thursday aft…

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Battle of the metaverses and a billion-dollar hack — 13 expert predictions for what's next for crypto in 2022

The crypto economy will top $7.5 trillion in 2022, and most jobs will touch virtual worlds as Meta …

Shalini Nagarajan   


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Crypto exchange Binance ends derivatives trading and other offerings in South Africa

Binance will cease offering futures, options, margin, and leveraged trading in South Africa. Users …

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A new cryptocurrency scam targeting gamers has already siphoned off $2 million in Monero

Grand Theft Auto V, NBA 2K19, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 players are being duped into mining for…

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The US network of bitcoin ATMs is vulnerable to hacks, according to crypto exchange Kraken

Bitcoin ATMs may seem like a safe proposition, but a report by crypto exchange Kraken showed the ne…

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Narendra Modi's Twitter account hacked with Bitcoin post — 'India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender'

"The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated t…

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FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried calls for tougher regulations to tackle crypto scams, following arrests linked to $4.5 billion bitcoin hack

The 29-year-old crypto billionaire said stricter rules are needed to stop "scams, ponzi schemes and…

Harry Robertson   


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Hackers raided a Japanese crypto exchange and seized up to $74 million in assets, report says

Japanese crypto exchange Liquid said that bitcoin, ether, XRP and TRX coins were stolen in the hack…

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A cryptocurrency firm that was the victim of a $600 million heist has asked the hacker responsible to be its chief security advisor

"We cordially invite Mr. White Hat to be the Chief Security Advisor of Poly Network," the company s…

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Hacker behind $610 million crypto hack conducts AMA — claims returning the money was always ‘a part of the plan’

The hacker behind the largest decentralised finance (DeFi) breach yet, claims he only stole $610 mi…

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Sophie Kiderlin   


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Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin hacked and lost control

Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced it was hacked and lost control of some of it…

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Cryptocurrency startup BuyUcoin hacked, data of over 3 lakh users leaked

The data leaked include names, e-mails, mobile numbers, encrypted passwords, user wallet details…

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A DeFi project will pay back users $10 million in Ethereum that was recently stolen

Rari Capital said it will pay back users who lost funds when about $10 million in Ether was stolen …

Emily Graffeo